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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State
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What do these people have in common?
Javier Solana
Gordon Brown
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Yo-Yo Ma
Helen Clark
Ricardo Lagos
Anwar Al-Sadat
Indira Gandhi
Muhammed Yunus
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Exchange Alumni
World leaders, achievers, influencers
Over a MILLION worldwide
44 Nobel Laureates, over 270 Heads of State
Politicians, CEOs, teachers, authors, artists
YOU
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ECA Alumni Affairs Program
Where can you find resources, opportunities to
advance, and global connections?
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A prestigious web-based community exclusively for
participants in USG sponsored exchange programs.
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• 500 new members per month
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• Over 20,000 sources in the online library
• QA live Web Chats
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• Networking Possibilities

Participate ? Learn ? Share ? Meet ? Grow
? Achieve
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State Alumni Highlights
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• New opportunities posted daily!
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• Students in Uzbekistan won a mural contest
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• Find support for your favorite idea!

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State Alumni Highlights
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State Alumni Highlights
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  use Q A content to prepare stories, editorials
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  Alumni News

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• Start a discussion on your favorite topic

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  Access Microscholarship student, Senegal
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  -- Fulbright Scholar, Vietnam
• State Alumni is always quickly updated with new
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  Development Fellow, Russia

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Alumni Association Resources Community
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